Iodo-bridged complexes of platinum(II) and synthesis of cis mixed-amine platinum(II) compounds

Abstract

Iodo-bridged platinum(II) dimers, [Pt(L)I2]2 with ligands (L) containing nitrogen as the donor atom, have been synthesized from the reactions of cis-[Pt(L)2I2] with perchloric acid. The dimers can be cleaved in aqueous media by a second nitrogen ligand to produce isometrically pure cis-[Pt(L)(L′)I2].These compounds can finally be converted to the chloro or carboxylato compounds by precipitating the iodo ligands with a silver salt and adding KCl or a carboxylate salt. Several compounds of the types cis-[Pt(L)(L′)Cl2] and cis-[Pt(L)(L′)(dicarboxylate)] were thus prepared. A few dimers of the type [(L)(L′)Pt(tetra-carboxylate)Pt(L)(L′)] were also synthesized.